“This feel[s] like the year that we’re transitioning into something… else,” Lyman told The Stranger. “I don’t know what it is, because you never know what it is, but I feel like we’re transitioning to something.”

The comments come after Jake McElfresh, who performs as Front Porch Step, performed at the tour’s Nashville stop in July, months after he was accused of sexual misconduct and exchanging sexually explicit text messages with underage fans. Bands and fest-goers protested leading up to his tour slots, and in response Lyman and the fest pulled him from the lineup. Though he wasn’t slated to perform in Nashville, he did, causing backlash from artists and hecklers from the crowd.